Category: Fundraising
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The Fast and Free Way to Process Church Plant Fundraising
You’re ready to make your first fundraising ‘ask’. Do you have everything in place to process church plant fundraising when a supporter says ‘yes’? Here’s how you can get that done fast, and in most cases, free. Before you make that first ask, you need to have your processing infrastructure in place. Just imagine –…
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Nonprofit Discounts and Social Engineering
With Google Grants leading the charge, software companies and other retailers that offer discounts to nonprofits have begun creating filters for who gets the discounts. A 2-Way Street I totally get it – I wouldn’t want to be compelled to support a nonprofit that opposes my own matters of conscience. And setting conditions when you’re…
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5 Creative Ideas for Church Missions Teams
You have a sponsoring or supporting church that wants to send a missions team to help you get your new church plant started. Want some good uses of the free labor? Here are 5 creative ideas for church missions teams: These ideas are roughly in chronological order based on when a planter would typically use…
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Can Churches Sell T-Shirts? 4 Things You Need to Know
It seems innocent enough – you bought t-shirts with your church logo and you want to sell them in your ‘lobby’. It’s not like you’re making a huge profit. Mostly you’re just trying to get your brand and website out there. But can churches sell t-shirts without any tax ramifications? I found bits and pieces…
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Church PayPal Plugin for WordPress
The following is a guest post by Dave Phillips of Passion 4 Planting, a church plant project manager and coder extraordinaire. Wouldn’t it be great if you could start accepting donations from your church plant website without hiring a programmer? You can! All you need is a WordPress-based website and a plugin that’s connected to…
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How to Prepare Church Giving Statements
Often at this time of year I field questions about whether churches have to file annual donation statements. Here is what you need to know about how to prepare church giving statements. First off, your church doesn’t have to file any statements or records with the IRS. The church giving statements are mailed to the…
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Free Soft Demographic Reports
This is an update to my post about free soft demographic reports from July 2012. Experian, whom you may know as one of the big three credit bureaus, has been amassing both hard & soft demographic data for years that gives them (and now you) insight into people in your area. They’ve carved up American…
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3 Keys to Handling Church Donor Info
Part 4 in a 4-part series on How to Count Church Offerings In America today, the information that comes through the church offering plate needs to be safeguarded as much as the money itself. Here are 3 keys to handling church donor info: Keep it Organized At the end of the year, your tax-savvy donors…
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How to Count Church Offerings
Part 1 in a 4-part series on How to Count Church Offerings This is one of those areas that you can’t just improvise or fake. Every church needs to know how to count church offerings. Money can feel complicated in our American churches because money is so intertwined with our culture. All of us seem…